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type: "Bill"
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title: "Competencies and Core Curriculum; computer science in middle school and high school; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum, so as to require courses in computer science in middle school and high school; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for a phase-in of such requirement; to provide for courses through the Georgia Virtual School; to provide for grants for professional development programs for teachers providing instruction in computer science courses and content; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2019_20"
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identifier: "SB 108"
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citation: "Georgia SB 108 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "P. K. Martin IV"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-14"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1773b371-fa47-4905-bbb5-e76a373c372e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "9b9e92a105d1be45bbfa0e5fdb4c5b2394be6f8d95f2ce5e6abdce97cb94e9d6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 108 (2019_20) — Competencies and Core Curriculum; computer science in middle school and high school; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum, so as to require courses in computer science in middle school and high school; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for a phase-in of such requirement; to provide for courses through the Georgia Virtual School; to provide for grants for professional development programs for teachers providing instruction in computer science courses and content; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 33 7707** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181447.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183969.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 46 0130S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183528.pdf)
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4. **LC 33 8002S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186366.pdf)
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5. **SB108/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186983.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-14** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-02** Act 135 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1773b371-fa47-4905-bbb5-e76a373c372e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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